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john boehner was coming in as speaker. the bank terminus announces in the -- advances in the senate. people were starting to write off the obama president the bush presidency after what seemed to be a promising start. i was lucky enough to talk to people in the white house, obama's inner circle, and sort of chronicle what came after that. in the lame-duck session, then the very up and down year we had in 2011 with the budget fight and the debt ceiling fights, but of course things like egypt, libya, bin laden raid, which i think set up the campaign. this is sort of a pre-campaign book in ways that examines the with the president was thinking and how he was seeing his own presidency and how he was seeing things as he was trying to tee up is very decisive 2012 election. host: the book "showdown." you brought that bill clinton. this morning, the was a biography back in the 1990's, has the roots of two presidents, born on august 15 years apart at opposite ends of the baby boom generation. bill clinton in 1946. barack obama, 196
john boehner was coming in as speaker. the bank terminus announces in the -- advances in the senate. people were starting to write off the obama president the bush presidency after what seemed to be a promising start. i was lucky enough to talk to people in the white house, obama's inner circle, and sort of chronicle what came after that. in the lame-duck session, then the very up and down year we had in 2011 with the budget fight and the debt ceiling fights, but of course things like egypt,...
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>> trying very -- that was a source -- when john boehner first used the tighten our belts metaphor, six months later the president started using it. pretty unhappy. we are not an individual family. we are a society. what that means, if you were just some person who overspent then surely you cut back on your spending and try to work off your debt but we are a society. who are you selling stuff to? selling stock to each other. you're spending is my income. if all of us decide to tighten our belts, guess what? we all end up for because there are spending falls at the same time. this kind of stuff -- this is stuff that we have known since the 1930s. everybody cut spending at the same time because of too much that it is self-defeating. that is why the metaphor is wrong. you put me on the spot. the three words -- the way to say it is you need to grow your way out of a problem and the growth means somebody has to be prepared to invest in growth. who is going to do that? the american council community, they were led on by false promises and financial deregulation. corporations are not in busine
>> trying very -- that was a source -- when john boehner first used the tighten our belts metaphor, six months later the president started using it. pretty unhappy. we are not an individual family. we are a society. what that means, if you were just some person who overspent then surely you cut back on your spending and try to work off your debt but we are a society. who are you selling stuff to? selling stock to each other. you're spending is my income. if all of us decide to tighten our...
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the day after both john boehner and barack obama both said it was about the public's desire to rein in government. and to reduce deficits and spending and the debt. one month later both parties overwhelmingly passed an enormous tax cut which added $900 billion to the national debt. in just two years. to put that in perspective, the debt ceiling prom poise from last -- compromise from last summer if it's actually followed through on which will eventually have reduced the debt over 2 billion. again, there's no incentive right now for politicians to do more than claim to be against debt. but at the end of the day, you know, this is the important issue, i think, from an economic perspective. this is the major issue that america will face over the next decade. so i agree with many democratic economists right now, jobs are a very serious issue. but this is -- it's not the number one issue now, it's the issue for the next decade, and it's an issue that will shape the kind of society we live in, and that's ultimately why we wrote the book. we wanted to lay out the issues and, again, you don't
the day after both john boehner and barack obama both said it was about the public's desire to rein in government. and to reduce deficits and spending and the debt. one month later both parties overwhelmingly passed an enormous tax cut which added $900 billion to the national debt. in just two years. to put that in perspective, the debt ceiling prom poise from last -- compromise from last summer if it's actually followed through on which will eventually have reduced the debt over 2 billion....
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boehner. but really by this point it's obvious that republicans are just not going to do the deal. what's really interesting though i think is, it is really sort of underscores, two things actually that really underscore the point that they did not intend this as a way to make republicans look bad. they intended it as a way to get a big deficit deal done. the first thing is you are a series of moments along the way where, and i described one of them but there are many more, where the republicans basically say or strongly intimate that they cannot raise taxes. bill absently not go along with tax increases. at every moment is obama himself or some of his top aides always trying to sort of rush back and put negotiations back together, long after the point where they established that they are reasonable people and negotiating in good faith and its the republicans who absolutely refuse to go along. so that's one thing. i think that's highly indicative of what's going on here. the second thing that'
boehner. but really by this point it's obvious that republicans are just not going to do the deal. what's really interesting though i think is, it is really sort of underscores, two things actually that really underscore the point that they did not intend this as a way to make republicans look bad. they intended it as a way to get a big deficit deal done. the first thing is you are a series of moments along the way where, and i described one of them but there are many more, where the...
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and john boehner -- release specifically data information. that is fantastic and might take awhile to happen but to have the leadership committed to it is important. on a related note, docks.house.gov has been underappreciate it in how much it offers. if you look at the active bills on the floor it says for each bill it gives you a different format to download or get a developer to build a web site that gives people access to it. on top of that it shows you the time of day to the minute that the bill was posted and it is extraordinary that it says 1:23 a.m. because the rules committee sees the schedule and how they function but they give you to the minute the time the bill was posted and that is a demonstration that they are saying we are here for you to judge us and to know how long the bill is online and it was a response to political pressure and coming up with a better way for things to work and recognize electronic documents are a function of the official version of the house rules. wasn't everything we wanted. the rallying cry was 72 ho
and john boehner -- release specifically data information. that is fantastic and might take awhile to happen but to have the leadership committed to it is important. on a related note, docks.house.gov has been underappreciate it in how much it offers. if you look at the active bills on the floor it says for each bill it gives you a different format to download or get a developer to build a web site that gives people access to it. on top of that it shows you the time of day to the minute that...
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obama himself weighs in and negotiate to john boehner. it is obvious that republicans are just not going to do a deal. what is really interesting, though, i think, and this underscores two things in relation to the point. they did not intend this as a way to make republicans look bad. they intended it as a way to get a deal done. there are a series of moments along the way -- for the republicans strongly intimated they cannot raise taxes and they will not go along with tax increases. every moment, either obama himself for were some of the top aides are always trying to rush out and put these negotiations back together. long after the point where they have established, they are reasonable people, negotiating in good faith and it is the republicans who absolutely refuse to go along. so that is one thing that is highly indicative of what is going on here. the second thing that is really interesting is when this finally collapses in late july of 2011, and it becomes obvious that they are not going to get this big deficit grand bargain that th
obama himself weighs in and negotiate to john boehner. it is obvious that republicans are just not going to do a deal. what is really interesting, though, i think, and this underscores two things in relation to the point. they did not intend this as a way to make republicans look bad. they intended it as a way to get a deal done. there are a series of moments along the way -- for the republicans strongly intimated they cannot raise taxes and they will not go along with tax increases. every...
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john boehner will be, you know, the next speaker, eric cantor will be the majority leader, and kevin mccarthy will be the majority whip. where it starts to get interesting is for the conference chairman position. this is currently held by jeb hensarling who is making a bid to be the financial services chairman. hensarling has been a sort of rising star for a while within republican ranks. he was a republican study committee chairman which is sort of the top conservative position in republican circles in the house. there are two people who are making a run for conference chairman. tom price, who's also a committee chairman of the past, he's currently the republican policy committee chairman, he's making a bid for conference chairman, and kathy mcmorris rogers who's vice chairman of the republican congress right now. and they really do represent two different modes. mcmorris rogers is a very effective surrogate for romney. she is from washington, she's from tom foley's old district in the, in central/south washington. it's an agricultural area. spokane is sort of the population center,
john boehner will be, you know, the next speaker, eric cantor will be the majority leader, and kevin mccarthy will be the majority whip. where it starts to get interesting is for the conference chairman position. this is currently held by jeb hensarling who is making a bid to be the financial services chairman. hensarling has been a sort of rising star for a while within republican ranks. he was a republican study committee chairman which is sort of the top conservative position in republican...
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john boehner will say what he wants. not going to raise taxes at the reagan building a few blocks from where you guys are broadcasting from comments that is not going to raise taxes. at the end of the day is a cluster at this point. our senate reporter been talking about this. republicans lost a great deal of leverage. john boehner, whose goal is to get to a point where tax reform could have been. how because there is unclear at this point, but republicans have lost the upper hand in an extraordinary leverage of capital tonight. >> thank you, jacob will hopefully put together a show or we can bring you in to see what's really going to happen on the fiscal cliff and what we can make the new democratic majority in the senate, republican majority. how the new members on both sides fit in. there's so much to interpret in the next 24 hours. no better place to go than "politico." he got 100 editors who break the stuff in the high and mighty what does this mean about the country in this moment to the nitty-gritty of what it mea
john boehner will say what he wants. not going to raise taxes at the reagan building a few blocks from where you guys are broadcasting from comments that is not going to raise taxes. at the end of the day is a cluster at this point. our senate reporter been talking about this. republicans lost a great deal of leverage. john boehner, whose goal is to get to a point where tax reform could have been. how because there is unclear at this point, but republicans have lost the upper hand in an...
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that means john boehner falling on a grenade. you can do that but when you have eric cantor and kevin mccarthy eager to reach under your bull belly and pull the pin on that grenade it makes it a little bit harder because you're not going to have unified leadership to support this and it will be a very interesting dynamic. what struck me the most about election eve in a related vein was with barack obama said, extraordinarily i thought. i want to sit down with mitt romney to see how we can work together to find that common ground. my guess is that romney did not receive that statement with great enthusiasm and eagerness. he was going through his own period according but after running a campaign that was built around the idea, i will find a common ground and i can reach a common ground obama calls the minutes as says we really need this. we are about to go off the fiscal cliff. would you help me build support for this deal that will have the support of the business community and a supermajority in the senate in a bipartisan way. th
that means john boehner falling on a grenade. you can do that but when you have eric cantor and kevin mccarthy eager to reach under your bull belly and pull the pin on that grenade it makes it a little bit harder because you're not going to have unified leadership to support this and it will be a very interesting dynamic. what struck me the most about election eve in a related vein was with barack obama said, extraordinarily i thought. i want to sit down with mitt romney to see how we can work...
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boehner than he was back in the debt ceiling negotiations almost two years ago? >> well, you're right. i'm not going to start doing that negotiation. what i would say is that the president, in his budget, put forward 360 billion in health savings. the president understands that health reform, entitlement reform is going to be part of this package. he's been very clear about that. and he's made that clear even to those supporters who might prefer to have zero or less medicare savings as part of an agreement. the president's focus has always been that when you are trying to reduce the degree that medicare contributes to the deficit, that the best way to do that is to look for things that lower overall health expenditures, as opposed to proposals that simply shift costs. they may lower the federal government spending, but only at the expense of increasing overall health care expanding -- spending in a private health care and gaza. said he will be of course open to ideas and this issue. but it comes with a fundamental principle of the best thing for our, the best thi
boehner than he was back in the debt ceiling negotiations almost two years ago? >> well, you're right. i'm not going to start doing that negotiation. what i would say is that the president, in his budget, put forward 360 billion in health savings. the president understands that health reform, entitlement reform is going to be part of this package. he's been very clear about that. and he's made that clear even to those supporters who might prefer to have zero or less medicare savings as...
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let's remember that it was the president and john boehner who came pretty close to a deal, probably a deal that i wouldn't have liked, but a deal that they were about to have, and it was boehner who couldn't deliver. >> that's not true. >> that is true. >> no. >> that is very true. [inaudible conversations] >> both sides backed away from that, and we don't know who could deliver. >> that was boehner that backed away from the -- from it. >> that's not true. >> you can't rewrite history, ben. >> simon? >> well, i think some of the things ben is saying are quite encouraging. but i want to press on, first, grover norquist. many norquist so opposed to anything that would involve any kind of tax increase. this that context, which tax expenditures would you regard as being on the table? which ones are you going to eliminate in order to boost revenue if you're also pushing for a lower tax rate? that's a hard combination, by the way, but tell us. >> it is a hard combination. i think that ryan, who's speaking for the committee -- not for the committee but for himself -- is starting all the indi
let's remember that it was the president and john boehner who came pretty close to a deal, probably a deal that i wouldn't have liked, but a deal that they were about to have, and it was boehner who couldn't deliver. >> that's not true. >> that is true. >> no. >> that is very true. [inaudible conversations] >> both sides backed away from that, and we don't know who could deliver. >> that was boehner that backed away from the -- from it. >> that's not...
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a deal i would have liked but a deal it was john boehner who couldn't deliver. >> that's not true. >> it is true. it is very true. and was john boehner that backed away from it. >> you can't really write history. >> nevertheless, he didn't get a deal. simon? >> i think some of the things i want to press a little bit on the two items. first, grover norquist. there's a perception that mr. norquist is opposed to anything that would involve a tax increase including adjusting the tax expenditures and in that context it is a question of which tax expenditures would you regard as being on the table for the tax reform, which ones are you going to eliminate to boost revenue if you are pushing and i think you are for the lower tax rates, that is a hard combination by the way. >> it is a hard combination and i think that ryan was speaking not for the committee but by himself probably of land the conceptual approach that makes the most sense which is to start looking at all the individual income tax deductions and means testing. i haven't done all of the math on that but you get to a point where
a deal i would have liked but a deal it was john boehner who couldn't deliver. >> that's not true. >> it is true. it is very true. and was john boehner that backed away from it. >> you can't really write history. >> nevertheless, he didn't get a deal. simon? >> i think some of the things i want to press a little bit on the two items. first, grover norquist. there's a perception that mr. norquist is opposed to anything that would involve a tax increase including...
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characteristic uninsured and beginning the speaker boehner. >> john boehner is a washington my friend was not obvious choice to leave the tea party class. nonetheless he could be the tea party phenomenon for the freight train that was then elected to be on the train rather than underneath it. speaker boehner campaigned heavily for tea party freshman and also believes this present at republicans and indeed america with the great opportunity. his believe, for example, was this would be a perfect recipe for entitlement reform. if you're going after entitlement reform ideally to have bipartisanship and specifically democratic president so they couldn't walk away from it. so he believed he could leverage the deep conservatives and that the tea party into action. but he failed to do so. the tea party freshman at time i spent a great deal of time and i spent time with an awful lot of them, like him personally, found an admiral and a genial ceo. this certainly not as their real leader. that has been implicitly cleared throughout the 112 congress. eric cantor, the majority leader is a bit diff
characteristic uninsured and beginning the speaker boehner. >> john boehner is a washington my friend was not obvious choice to leave the tea party class. nonetheless he could be the tea party phenomenon for the freight train that was then elected to be on the train rather than underneath it. speaker boehner campaigned heavily for tea party freshman and also believes this present at republicans and indeed america with the great opportunity. his believe, for example, was this would be a...
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that means mitch mcconnell -- excuse me, that means john boehner falling on a grenade. now, you can do that but when you have eric cantor and kevin mccarthy eager to reach under your belt and bullpen on that grenade it makes it a little bit hard because you're not going to be unified leadership to support it but it will be a very interesting dynamic to what struck me the most about statements on election deep in a related vein was with barack obama said. extraordinarily i thought. i want to sit down with mitt romney kasea we can work together to find that common ground. now, my guess is that romney did not receive that statement with great enthusiasm and eagerness to keep us going to his own period of mourning, but having run a campaign in the last month that was built around the idea, i will find, grep, i can reach that common ground, obama called him inseparably need this, we about to go off the fiscal cliff, would you help me build support for this deal that will have the support of a business committee and a super majority in the senate and a bipartisan way? that wo
that means mitch mcconnell -- excuse me, that means john boehner falling on a grenade. now, you can do that but when you have eric cantor and kevin mccarthy eager to reach under your belt and bullpen on that grenade it makes it a little bit hard because you're not going to be unified leadership to support it but it will be a very interesting dynamic to what struck me the most about statements on election deep in a related vein was with barack obama said. extraordinarily i thought. i want to sit...
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and i was struck when speaker john boehner said yesterday the higher tax rates are unacceptable to him. with all due respect it's not really his choice anymore. what's different about this environment is fax the tax rates, the bush tax rates to expire for everybody. after this campaign would be pretty shocking as any candidate ever. i am going to raise taxes, and unless he suddenly decides i didn't mean it it doesn't really matter all that much what the speaker thinks is acceptable because on this one issue that tax cuts will expire. all house republicans a sign grover norquist not to raise tax rates. the entire bush tax cut expires the end of the year you extend it for 97% of americans he's never actually voted to raise taxes. you're only cutting taxes. so it's possible when the speaker said that yesterday i was thinking it wasn't really reflecting the world that he now lives and so unless the president is willing, they will not be. >> i have a question for you. to what extent will there be a major -- it was in the republican party against the tea party. >> i'm sorry? >> to what exten
and i was struck when speaker john boehner said yesterday the higher tax rates are unacceptable to him. with all due respect it's not really his choice anymore. what's different about this environment is fax the tax rates, the bush tax rates to expire for everybody. after this campaign would be pretty shocking as any candidate ever. i am going to raise taxes, and unless he suddenly decides i didn't mean it it doesn't really matter all that much what the speaker thinks is acceptable because on...
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earlier this week either monday or tuesday, your paper wrote a lengthy article regarding john boehner trying to negotiate with obama and that he gave him what he wanted and this is regarding the budget and obama refused at talked about obama's eric ends and competence in negotiating. and that boehner had agreed to raise taxes, basically making obama an offer he shouldn't have refused. i wonder if you could expound on that. and also cbo recently came out with a report about the actual new cost of obama carried that is i think about 1.7 trillion. that is getting no press on c-span. could you talk about those quakes do you know what i'm talking about that article? >> guest: i didn't write that article. i did read it. my colleagues rotate. the piece ran in sunday's "washington post" and explained some of the inside story of the debt ceiling negotiations that have been last summer that led to ultimately been extended, but there were some moments were looked like there was close to being a grand bargain, a good deal on the strategy over time. you know, for my read of the article and my coll
earlier this week either monday or tuesday, your paper wrote a lengthy article regarding john boehner trying to negotiate with obama and that he gave him what he wanted and this is regarding the budget and obama refused at talked about obama's eric ends and competence in negotiating. and that boehner had agreed to raise taxes, basically making obama an offer he shouldn't have refused. i wonder if you could expound on that. and also cbo recently came out with a report about the actual new cost...
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and, you know, what i would like to tell john boehner is don't give in to this craziness. this is nothing but craziness. and i watched harry reid yesterday. you know, he talked and he talked and he really said nothing. then he went on about dance, dance, dance and i thought to myself all you do is dance around with these bills that they send. the house will have a bill, they send it to the senate and what does he do? dances around it and never addresses it. >> host: know by partisanship than for you? >> caller: no, absolutely none. then when he left the stage and was walking off, the man -- i feel bad for him that he just can't get it together -- he grabbed ahold of the flag. he was falling. then he grabbed ahold of low wall and at that point i said uh oh that man needs to go home. he's too old to be there. he doesn't do his job and is collecting a big paycheck. >> host: we covered that news conference. you probably watched it on c-span, go over to the site, c-span.org if you want to watch the entire press conference with senate majority leader harry reid. on facebook here
and, you know, what i would like to tell john boehner is don't give in to this craziness. this is nothing but craziness. and i watched harry reid yesterday. you know, he talked and he talked and he really said nothing. then he went on about dance, dance, dance and i thought to myself all you do is dance around with these bills that they send. the house will have a bill, they send it to the senate and what does he do? dances around it and never addresses it. >> host: know by partisanship...
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i recognize from john boehner the type of style, so i can negotiate with and work with and bring john boehner a long, rather than do things, just vote for my son. [inaudible] >> thank you both for coming. [inaudible] >> then we went back to this conference, couldn't get there. we have work to do, pete, really did come into the beyond the rhetoric and hopefully the election will make absolutely clear what the american people are hoping for us to do in the way we tackle both the fiscal cliff at the end of the year, then obviously future tax reform. >> thank you both for joining us. [applause] >> thank you. that was a terrific panel. our next keynote interview this morning while we're getting the stage reset is the honorable john dingell, president of the business roundtable which is an association of chief executive officers of the leading u.s. corporations who have a combined workforce of nearly 60 million workers and more than 7 trillion in annual revenues. a former three term governor of michigan he assumed the leadership of the art in general 2011 him after serving six years as pres
i recognize from john boehner the type of style, so i can negotiate with and work with and bring john boehner a long, rather than do things, just vote for my son. [inaudible] >> thank you both for coming. [inaudible] >> then we went back to this conference, couldn't get there. we have work to do, pete, really did come into the beyond the rhetoric and hopefully the election will make absolutely clear what the american people are hoping for us to do in the way we tackle both the...
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we're willing to work, i say that to my friend john boehner and to everyone else. we're willing to negotiate, cooperate, willing to make difficult cuts to programs we hold dear, and i think republicans should do the same. so far they refused. they refused to raise even a penny of new revenue. they refused to ask millionaires to contribute their fair share to help reduce our debt and our deficit and democrats won't agree to a one-sided solution, forcing the middle class and those in greatest need to bear all the hardship. i repeat, we're willing to consider the difficult cuts on programs we believe are extremely important. a sequester is not a perfect legislative tool, but rarely do we do anything legislatively that's perfect. that's the way it's been for generations. but at least it has the benefit of being a balanced approach and it has the power of law. republicans, including vice presidential candidate paul ryan, would do well to remember they voted for the sequester. mr. mcconnell: madam president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: we
we're willing to work, i say that to my friend john boehner and to everyone else. we're willing to negotiate, cooperate, willing to make difficult cuts to programs we hold dear, and i think republicans should do the same. so far they refused. they refused to raise even a penny of new revenue. they refused to ask millionaires to contribute their fair share to help reduce our debt and our deficit and democrats won't agree to a one-sided solution, forcing the middle class and those in greatest...
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house speaker john boehner sent his proposal to the white house yesterday. what do you think? >> guest: it is a great opening fire. it makes very tangible what the speaker committed to after the election, which is will put revenue on the table so it's settled them are not talking about how much and what way. it is an enormous step forward either republicans or concessions. not something we want to do, this something we recognize we have to do to get there. second, the speaker's proposal directs us towards what the real problem fire, which are entitlements. as for driving that come you can't pussyfoot around it. you have to have fundamental bill reform. while we like to run and budget may still end that would be the appropriate way to go, the speaker picked up elements of proposals that erskine bowles and senator simpson had made. again in an effort to reach foer. so the speaker needs to get credit for terrific effort and a great opening position but now hopefully will be a discussion. >> host: loopholes and deductions by which the grover norquist pledge to not raise taxes. >>
house speaker john boehner sent his proposal to the white house yesterday. what do you think? >> guest: it is a great opening fire. it makes very tangible what the speaker committed to after the election, which is will put revenue on the table so it's settled them are not talking about how much and what way. it is an enormous step forward either republicans or concessions. not something we want to do, this something we recognize we have to do to get there. second, the speaker's proposal...
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then, how speaker john boehner contains for mitt romney in new hampshire. that is followed by a former president bill clinton campaigning for obama in las vegas. >> 13 years ago today, c-span radio was created by the cable tv industry is another way to access our public affairs programming. you can listen to c-span radio in the washington baltimore area at 90.1 fm. on xm satellite radio, channel 119, were online at c-span radio.org. now, you can listen on your smart phone with the same c-span radio app for iphone, blackberry and android devices. >> on tomorrow morning's "washington journal", look at the upcoming presidential debate. our guest is frank donatelli. chairman of the a group that trains republican candidates for office. in the video of mitt romney talking about the 47% of americans that mr. romney says don't pay taxes. and we will get medicare's growing costs with emily etheridge, a health care reporter from rational quarterly. "washington journal" is live everyday at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> will do with the president obama did for the bu
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boehner, or eric cantore and they are about to go in the room and get a lot of love on their hands and the ankle deep in blood -- not to be too vivid. [laughter] .. sort of point out sort of all the different angles, and i really believe, you know, there are times in the country when you are not looking for abc. you are looking from one a-z. i'm writing a book on the 1815 compromise, and it seems people listen more. but putting my fact had on what i would tell them is -- and i'm sure glen could say this, too, talking to people on the phone, talking to people in focus groups, i'm always very impressed as a few good american that when you get down to it to the american people have common sense. they may not like some medicine. like with my kids, none of the medicines of the pharmacy you put a sweetener and they have it all the time that they may need the sweetener, would fundamentally we all want to do the right thing. i know it sounds may be mr. smithish but don't have people like us in the room just think on the good common sense of the american people. >> yeah, i think it's going to b
boehner, or eric cantore and they are about to go in the room and get a lot of love on their hands and the ankle deep in blood -- not to be too vivid. [laughter] .. sort of point out sort of all the different angles, and i really believe, you know, there are times in the country when you are not looking for abc. you are looking from one a-z. i'm writing a book on the 1815 compromise, and it seems people listen more. but putting my fact had on what i would tell them is -- and i'm sure glen could...
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house speaker john boehner sent a proposal to the white house yesterday, counterbid as it is being called. what do you think? >> guest: i think it is a great opening start. actually it makes very tangible with the speaker committed to after the election which is we are going to put it on the table so that question is settled and we are not talking about how much and what way, but that is an enormous step forward honestly by the republicans or concessions. not something we want to do but something we recognize we have to do to get there. so i think the speaker's proposal directs us to words what some of the problems are which are entitlement spending. that is what is driving the debt and we can't pussyfoot around it. we can't solve it with just revenue, you have to have reform. while we like the ryan budget and i think i would be the appropriate way to go, they picked up elements of some of the proposals of ernst and bowles and as senator simpson made in an effort to reach awards. so i think the speaker needs to get a lot of credit for effort and opening position on what will hopefully be
house speaker john boehner sent a proposal to the white house yesterday, counterbid as it is being called. what do you think? >> guest: i think it is a great opening start. actually it makes very tangible with the speaker committed to after the election which is we are going to put it on the table so that question is settled and we are not talking about how much and what way, but that is an enormous step forward honestly by the republicans or concessions. not something we want to do but...
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third two questions that john boehner. number one, is he temperamentally willing to go in legislate, especially if he gets major concessions from the president. i think it and i got the answer is yes. that leads to the second question. can he bring his caucus along? yes, couple of leading tea party members of the house republicans majority were defeated, at the caucuses as conservative as it was before last night. i don't know the answer, we have tissues that could really divide us. immigration come or the president is going to move ahead very quickly. i did attend the wednesday one deal every republican presidential candidate said they would not accept. it may not be tenderloin. maybe four to one or 51, the republicans get at least 80% of what they want. the question is can they say yes to 80% of what they want? the final one is the supreme court. especially, what happens if antonin scalia or anthony kennedy retires? forget ruth bader ginsburg. they should see what happens, even if there's a mainstream nominee. or what if
third two questions that john boehner. number one, is he temperamentally willing to go in legislate, especially if he gets major concessions from the president. i think it and i got the answer is yes. that leads to the second question. can he bring his caucus along? yes, couple of leading tea party members of the house republicans majority were defeated, at the caucuses as conservative as it was before last night. i don't know the answer, we have tissues that could really divide us. immigration...
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characterize each one in shorthand beginning with speaker boehner. >> john boehner is a washington lifer and was not the obvious choice to be leading this sort of tea party crafts. nonetheless you can see the tea party phenomenon for the trade -- freight train that it was an elected to be on the train rather than underneath it. speaker boehner campaigned heavily for a number of the tea party freshman andy also you know believe that this presented the republicans and indeed america with a great opportunity. his belief for example was that this would be a perfect run for entitlement reform. if you are are going after entitlement reform ideally you have the bipartisanship specifically at democratic president so they could not walk away from it. and so, he believed that he could leverage the deep conservatism of the tea party. but he has failed to do so and the tea party freshman with whom i have spent a great deal of time and i have spent time with an awful lot of them, liked him personally and found him admirable in the way is a genial ceo but certainly not as there are real leader. that h
characterize each one in shorthand beginning with speaker boehner. >> john boehner is a washington lifer and was not the obvious choice to be leading this sort of tea party crafts. nonetheless you can see the tea party phenomenon for the trade -- freight train that it was an elected to be on the train rather than underneath it. speaker boehner campaigned heavily for a number of the tea party freshman andy also you know believe that this presented the republicans and indeed america with a...
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. >> we hod john boehner tell us that he -- he said i never read those platforms. they don't -- this is after the convention -- i don't read them. get it all on one page. he said nobody reads the platform. >> he didn't realize, we did. >> what can we look for the next two weeks between now and election day? what are your anticipations. >> fasten your seatbelt. >> i think you've seen the silly rhetoric we're going to get for the next two weeks, but more than that, what you're not seeing is what is going on,. , and that is the get out the vote effort, and they're doing some done both campaigns are doing something that i don't understand. the 14-year-olds who can talk to the entire world with a tweet and this way of having them all tajh to their friend on the social network, and there's a lot of this going out there that is just not obvious to the cameras' eye, and that's where this election is right now. this is about -- to me this has always been a bay's lex. this is -- base election. who is more excited. president obama had a storybook turnout, election team and sy
. >> we hod john boehner tell us that he -- he said i never read those platforms. they don't -- this is after the convention -- i don't read them. get it all on one page. he said nobody reads the platform. >> he didn't realize, we did. >> what can we look for the next two weeks between now and election day? what are your anticipations. >> fasten your seatbelt. >> i think you've seen the silly rhetoric we're going to get for the next two weeks, but more than that,...
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i think you're going to see john boehner. he's an adult and there's no question about that he knows what needs to be done. if necessary he will sacrifice being elected speaker of the next time around to do the right thing. he had the president can get together and the president will give on entitlements and taxes in the sense that the race will come down there will be enough left over from the so-called loopholes. then the senate is where it has to start. you will see lamar alexander or our corner and others come together in the framework. they can put the frame work together by you can't initiate it has to be initiated in the house that that will be the framework and again in this one of the you want to say kind of thing and then that can be where the folks can rally around. you have to set a framework in the lame-duck session. you can't go to the end of the year because a will start to smell but it takes time to get it right. you have to do corporate and personal taxes to get their. you can't do one without the other. it wi
i think you're going to see john boehner. he's an adult and there's no question about that he knows what needs to be done. if necessary he will sacrifice being elected speaker of the next time around to do the right thing. he had the president can get together and the president will give on entitlements and taxes in the sense that the race will come down there will be enough left over from the so-called loopholes. then the senate is where it has to start. you will see lamar alexander or our...
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john boehner threatened again a debt ceiling, not to raise the debt ceiling, which come in the last time, helped him in our economy further and put our credit rating to be diminished. we pass a legislation that we knew that we would have to mean jobs, because we would hire people to do the jobs that we needed to be done in our country. so, here is the trick. during the obama administration, 4.3 million jobs have been created. now, i know we had a bad week when we were talking about only 69,000 jobs that were created, i just want to point out that that 69,000 jobs is still 69,000 more jobs that were created than during eight years of the bush administration. [applause] twenty-seven months of street jobs. here is the solution that the republicans offer. austerity, we know how well that worked. roger pointed out how well that worked in europe. about the bulls system -- the bulls system plan, i offer my own alternative because i just want to make sure that everybody is clear about what bowles-simpson really good because i do not think that people really understand what is in it. among other
john boehner threatened again a debt ceiling, not to raise the debt ceiling, which come in the last time, helped him in our economy further and put our credit rating to be diminished. we pass a legislation that we knew that we would have to mean jobs, because we would hire people to do the jobs that we needed to be done in our country. so, here is the trick. during the obama administration, 4.3 million jobs have been created. now, i know we had a bad week when we were talking about only 69,000...
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>> guest: they have more emphasis on spending cuts than president obama and john boehner has come up with about $2.2 trillion plan over 10 years. he offered 800,000, i'm sorry, 800 billion in revenues, which he would like to get from tax reform, broadening the base, removing some of the tax deductions. without raising the income tax rates on the higher income households. and that is the sticking point. president obama has offered not real specific plan for spending cuts. in fact he has offered to, he wants to do a little bit of economic stimulus for job creation. but he has offered about 400 billion in medicare cuts as a starting point. but president obama is, seems to be going to the mat on raising the top two tax brackets for households earning 250,000 or more. and this is what the republicans, political and for historical reasons have had the most trouble with. >> host: house republicans according to the "usa today", we're looking 300 billion in mandatory savings and 300 billion in discretionary savings. that is their proposal so far put out by the speaker. what are we talking abo
>> guest: they have more emphasis on spending cuts than president obama and john boehner has come up with about $2.2 trillion plan over 10 years. he offered 800,000, i'm sorry, 800 billion in revenues, which he would like to get from tax reform, broadening the base, removing some of the tax deductions. without raising the income tax rates on the higher income households. and that is the sticking point. president obama has offered not real specific plan for spending cuts. in fact he has...
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you gate final statement. >> i find it interesting you mention john boehner. he'll be in central illinois headlining a fundraising for my opponent in champagne. it's example after example of what happens when you turn over a government to the corporations. you get a medicare prescription drug bill. uncle sam -- we blew $2 trillion with that. you get the subsidizes every year to oil companies. our tax dollars we give to oil companies because these guys take check from exxonmobil. >> moderator: thank you. our next question. illinois state university we had numerous questions submitted be et student. we'll get to the number one question later on in the debate. the next question is the top question from the student. >> on behalf of the students i want to thank you for participating in the debate. one of the top questions that the students e-mailed me about to ask is when it comes to reducing the deficit, there's two ways to reduce it, cuts and or revenue. our cuts enough would you cut would you even vote for a tax increase for revenue? >> moderator: candidate davi
you gate final statement. >> i find it interesting you mention john boehner. he'll be in central illinois headlining a fundraising for my opponent in champagne. it's example after example of what happens when you turn over a government to the corporations. you get a medicare prescription drug bill. uncle sam -- we blew $2 trillion with that. you get the subsidizes every year to oil companies. our tax dollars we give to oil companies because these guys take check from exxonmobil. >>...
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remember, congress is controlled as senator harry reid who is a democrat and john boehner, speaker was a a republican president who is a democrat. two out of three seats held by democrats. the only way to get to these big issues is to start with the budget. we propose to do house to badgers and i've been the subject of nasty ad and my willingness to stand up and ring something to the table. there hasn't been a budget in the senate for three and a half years. that is not leadership. >> this is definitely important. the congressman bass wants to talk about the plan and i will let knowledge a broad approach like that is probably the direction we need to go. the reality is he voted for the rhein budget both before simpson/bowles and within 24 hours of the vote and the ryan budget has deep cuts to everything we need to get the economy moving again. education, innovation, infrastructure, roads, bridges, highways, we know how to get the economy going. we know you have to invest in opportunity today for prosperity to miron at the same time the ryan budget is not serious about cutting deficits
remember, congress is controlled as senator harry reid who is a democrat and john boehner, speaker was a a republican president who is a democrat. two out of three seats held by democrats. the only way to get to these big issues is to start with the budget. we propose to do house to badgers and i've been the subject of nasty ad and my willingness to stand up and ring something to the table. there hasn't been a budget in the senate for three and a half years. that is not leadership. >>...
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i think that you're going to see john boehner he is an adult. there is no question about it. he knows what needs to be done. i think if necessary he will sacrifice being re-elected the speaker next time around to do the right thing. i think he and the president can get together and president will give entitlements out. boehner will give on taxes in the sense that will come down. there, enough left over from doing away with the loopholes. and this in the senate is where it has to start. you have to see outside the top of your come together with a framework. now they can't, you know, they can put the framework together you can't initiate it has to be initiated in the house. i think that will be the framework. again whatever you want to say kind of thing folks can rally around. you have to set a framework within the lame duck session. you can't got end of the year. it start to smell. but take some time to be able to get it right. so you to do corporate and personal taxes together. you can't do one without the other. there's too much interlocking there. it will take awhile to go
i think that you're going to see john boehner he is an adult. there is no question about it. he knows what needs to be done. i think if necessary he will sacrifice being re-elected the speaker next time around to do the right thing. i think he and the president can get together and president will give entitlements out. boehner will give on taxes in the sense that will come down. there, enough left over from doing away with the loopholes. and this in the senate is where it has to start. you have...
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. >> and we had john boehner, speaker john boehner tell us that he may have said -- he said it to us, he said i never read those platforms. [laughter] this is after the -- >> you know, the convention, big deal. i don't read them. you get it all in one page. he said, in fact, he said nobody reads the platform. >> but we did. [laughter] >> what can we look for in the next two weeks, between now and election day? what are your, what do you anticipate? >> fasten your seat belts. >> yeah, fasten your seat belt. i mean, i think you've seen some of the silly rhetoric that we're going to get for the next two weeks, but more than that what you're not seeing is what's going on, and that is those get out the vote efforts. and those are the most intense ting -- things. and also they're doing something that i don't understand, i mean, thai got these 14-year-olds that can talk to the entire world with a tweet, and they've got this way of having them all talk to the friends in their social network, and so there's a lot of stuff going out there that is just not obvious to the camera's eye at this poi
. >> and we had john boehner, speaker john boehner tell us that he may have said -- he said it to us, he said i never read those platforms. [laughter] this is after the -- >> you know, the convention, big deal. i don't read them. you get it all in one page. he said, in fact, he said nobody reads the platform. >> but we did. [laughter] >> what can we look for in the next two weeks, between now and election day? what are your, what do you anticipate? >> fasten your...
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john boehner still in the house for the time being at the treasury. the president is back in the white house and harry reid is in the senate with a few more seats. why should i believe this would end any more positively than the summer of 2011? >> because again i'm not going to try to talk to you in optimism but let's look at what's changed. you have republican leadership acknowledging for the first time in this debate in public that it's agreed to increase in revenues as part of an agreement that helps restore fiscal balance. that's a very important change. you can debate on what motivated that change, and of course it's true that approach has been a popular very substantial support among the american people. you have a much greater recognition that the economy would benefit on a carefully designed balanced agreement on fiscal reform and putting it off indefinitely is not good for the country. that's important, too. and i also think again if you listen carefully to what people are saying and what many politicians are saying with many elected represen
john boehner still in the house for the time being at the treasury. the president is back in the white house and harry reid is in the senate with a few more seats. why should i believe this would end any more positively than the summer of 2011? >> because again i'm not going to try to talk to you in optimism but let's look at what's changed. you have republican leadership acknowledging for the first time in this debate in public that it's agreed to increase in revenues as part of an...
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also, later today john boehner, the speaker of the house has a news conference coming up. that will be a 5 p.m. eastern. we want to point out here on c-span2 coming up at 1:30 p.m., it will be the first news conference since the election for president obama. we'll have live coverage of that and take a phone call reaction as well. to austin, texas. now let's go to roseville -- i hope i got that right on the republican line. go ahead. >> caller: hi. i would like to say that nancy pelosi means leader, is horrible. she was leader last time. what she says and what she does is two different things. she spoke about when barack obama got elected the first, the first time in 2008, this is all going to be a about jobs, jobs, jobs, and they didn't focus on jobs. they pushed through the health care bill, and then she gets up there all the time. she is nervous, she's family, she's bumbling. she's just going to do what she wants but she doesn't look out for the people. she doesn't care. she just doesn't goes and pushes along the agenda and then health care bill, you have to pass it to f
also, later today john boehner, the speaker of the house has a news conference coming up. that will be a 5 p.m. eastern. we want to point out here on c-span2 coming up at 1:30 p.m., it will be the first news conference since the election for president obama. we'll have live coverage of that and take a phone call reaction as well. to austin, texas. now let's go to roseville -- i hope i got that right on the republican line. go ahead. >> caller: hi. i would like to say that nancy pelosi...
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i sat down with john boehner on sunday on a bus going come in ohio, rural ohio. like to sit there and watch the road as you go over bonds and whatnot. he likes the fact a lot of sirens around. but he mentioned that he liked the traffic, if you will. he mentioned this to me. i said, you know, how much leadership can you exert? how much control can you exert over your own conference? and given the freshman. he said well, it's not the freshman who are the problem. if some of the older ministry he wouldn't come you specifically they were. i've really would have liked it if he did what he said it's the older members who are trying to make their own mark, trying to avoid own primary, trying to be perfect scores on some of these outside groups. and they are the problem because anti-leadership is good for them. and it's not necessarily good for the whole. so there's a fascinating battle that we will see now that mitt romney has lost. the activist clash and i have an entry in south carolina is going to scream at the establishment class for having dominated the guy who los
i sat down with john boehner on sunday on a bus going come in ohio, rural ohio. like to sit there and watch the road as you go over bonds and whatnot. he likes the fact a lot of sirens around. but he mentioned that he liked the traffic, if you will. he mentioned this to me. i said, you know, how much leadership can you exert? how much control can you exert over your own conference? and given the freshman. he said well, it's not the freshman who are the problem. if some of the older ministry he...
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and john boehner now with tom quick. what concerns me most is recruiting young people to be in that thought as they see the house. you don't see the dynamism, the spontaneity, the friendships that all i saw during my years. perhaps they don't develop the affection, and that sentiment was very sustaining over many years. the new folks that are coming along to say we are here to do a job for the house of representatives is a challenge. >> do you think that he party will infuse more openness and transparency in the congress? >> that's hard to predict. the idea of do they want openness, or do they just on their agenda? i don't know. the debt limit issue is any indication by the tea party i don't know the answer to your question let me just say that's not a parliamentary inquiry. [laughter] >> i have read many sources that the field of the friendship has broken down in congress because congressmen fly home on the weekends, and there's not these relationships such as for all reagan had with tip o'neill coming and people don't
and john boehner now with tom quick. what concerns me most is recruiting young people to be in that thought as they see the house. you don't see the dynamism, the spontaneity, the friendships that all i saw during my years. perhaps they don't develop the affection, and that sentiment was very sustaining over many years. the new folks that are coming along to say we are here to do a job for the house of representatives is a challenge. >> do you think that he party will infuse more openness...
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leadership, kevin mccarthy, john boehner, they knew that it was a problem and they knew whether they would face a public we are not -- that as boehner said in a republican conference, it would be armageddon it economically speaking, -- if they failed to raise the debt ceiling. so it became a matter of great exertion on the part of kevin mccarthy, in particular, he had these listening sessions in which he would try to explain to the freshman republicans with the debt ceiling was. and what concessions, perhaps, they can expect from democrats in return for votings for raising the ceiling. this being the carrot along with the state. about two weeks before the august 2 deadline, the republican leadership was sufficiently concerned that a lot of the freshman as long as seniors were not getting the message that they brought in by former treasury official under the present bush administration. it was explained dispassionately what would happen, august 2, if failed to raise the debt ceiling. they took them through the narrative of -- all the federal prisons would be closed and peoples mortgag
leadership, kevin mccarthy, john boehner, they knew that it was a problem and they knew whether they would face a public we are not -- that as boehner said in a republican conference, it would be armageddon it economically speaking, -- if they failed to raise the debt ceiling. so it became a matter of great exertion on the part of kevin mccarthy, in particular, he had these listening sessions in which he would try to explain to the freshman republicans with the debt ceiling was. and what...
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but the tea party people like my opponent wouldn't let boehner megadeal. now everything is on the table during these negotiations but the tea party wouldn't let it happen. we are left with the sequestration. we have looming cuts at the end of you that our economy cannot sustain right now. and it's because of tea party, because of the extremism try to the sequestration was president obama's idea, okay? it had nothing to do with the house of representatives. turn one who voted for. west: i did. i'm taking action. not just rhetoric. spent we are taught not looming cuts that will affect both defense and social programs if they're not ever before the end of you. i think it's a good point to start popping up medicare and health care. your question goes to mr. murphy for one minute. >> mr. murphy, we've seen a lot of different numbers on what the paul ryan plan would do in effect to increase costs potentially to seniors, anywhere from 6003 and $50 under the old plan, different number, to about $200 a month in the new study. what kind of number 10 we look out and
but the tea party people like my opponent wouldn't let boehner megadeal. now everything is on the table during these negotiations but the tea party wouldn't let it happen. we are left with the sequestration. we have looming cuts at the end of you that our economy cannot sustain right now. and it's because of tea party, because of the extremism try to the sequestration was president obama's idea, okay? it had nothing to do with the house of representatives. turn one who voted for. west: i did....
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boehner first used the tighten our belt metaphor, six months later the president started using it, and it made us all pretty unhappy. but, look, i think the right decision, we are not an individual family. we are a society. and what that means, if you are just, you know, some person who's overspent, then, sure, you can cut back on your spending and try and work off your debt. but we are a society where who are you selling your, selling stuff to? >> you're selling stuff to each other. my spending is your income, your spending is my income. if all of us decide at the same time we're going to tighten our belts and spend less, guess what? we all end up poorer because all of our spending falls at the same time. and by the way, this is the kind of stuff that we're supposed to know. this is stuff that we've known since the 1930s, right? everybody to slash spending at the same time, they think it's too much debt is self-defeating. and so that's why the metaphor is wrong. .. they are not going to invest, they don't see a market. wouldn't it be great if that was the position to take society in t
boehner first used the tighten our belt metaphor, six months later the president started using it, and it made us all pretty unhappy. but, look, i think the right decision, we are not an individual family. we are a society. and what that means, if you are just, you know, some person who's overspent, then, sure, you can cut back on your spending and try and work off your debt. but we are a society where who are you selling your, selling stuff to? >> you're selling stuff to each other. my...
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boehner, he has a willing partner to negotiate. i hope he learned from the experience from the debate and the whole high stakes adventure and able to say, look, we're not going to do that again. i recognize, boehner, the type of somebody to negotiability with and i can work with. and -- saying just vote for my stuff. it's not very persuasive. >> all right. thank you both for coming. we got close to the president and went back to the -- couldn't get there. so we work to do, pete, we really do in moving beyond the rhetoric and hopefully the election will make absolutely clear what the american people are hoping for us to do the way we tackle the fiscal cliff and future tax reform. thank you both for joining us. [applause] [applause] >> we talked in the what's panel a lot about 2013 and what's going to happen i want to go back to the end of the year. what do you both feel like is likely to actually happen then, and what are some areas where you can see a comprise happening? >> doug, you want to start? >> sure. i think it's important t
boehner, he has a willing partner to negotiate. i hope he learned from the experience from the debate and the whole high stakes adventure and able to say, look, we're not going to do that again. i recognize, boehner, the type of somebody to negotiability with and i can work with. and -- saying just vote for my stuff. it's not very persuasive. >> all right. thank you both for coming. we got close to the president and went back to the -- couldn't get there. so we work to do, pete, we really...
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can john boehner cut a deal without eric cantor and paul ryan? >> well i have a pretty good understanding of the house, but i'm always wondering into leadership politics. just to broaden the question a little bit, i think the question is whether or not the speaker is going to be able to bring a good part of his caucus, and that will require a united leadership team. >> just to interrupt, and talking short-term. >> i understand and i think that is going to be a requirement. i think one of the decisions that the speaker will have to make is whether he is prepared to put a bill in agreement on the floor of the house that by not have the majority of republicans in the house to support. that is one of the questions, because senator corker points out that there are a number of ways to say yes on this but it's not clear in my mind whether there is a way that necessarily brings the majority of the house republicans. not that we can't get a majority in the house but the hastert rule after speaker hastert you have to have half the republicans the matter wh
can john boehner cut a deal without eric cantor and paul ryan? >> well i have a pretty good understanding of the house, but i'm always wondering into leadership politics. just to broaden the question a little bit, i think the question is whether or not the speaker is going to be able to bring a good part of his caucus, and that will require a united leadership team. >> just to interrupt, and talking short-term. >> i understand and i think that is going to be a requirement. i...
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boehner on board. host our next call from pittsburgh. brian and democrats. >> caller: hi, how are you doing. i want you to recall when obama told us to create jobs with solar panels and stuff like that, that ended up telling us all they could make them cheaper. when obama put a chair upon it swayne been made in america. that's the problem we have. free trade with china is killing this country. the free trade with china and we need to get together for all the countries that have social security, stuff like that and put a tariff on third world countries because we can't keep social security. china constantly gets jobs in their countries. >> host: >> guest: brand can be raised an issue to people throughout the midwestern manufacturing states and one not. when the stories told of how countries cut themselves out of the great recession of the last five years, one of the headlines nonstory is that china did an industrial stimulus program on our backs. they kept their current see artificially low. as a result
boehner on board. host our next call from pittsburgh. brian and democrats. >> caller: hi, how are you doing. i want you to recall when obama told us to create jobs with solar panels and stuff like that, that ended up telling us all they could make them cheaper. when obama put a chair upon it swayne been made in america. that's the problem we have. free trade with china is killing this country. the free trade with china and we need to get together for all the countries that have social...
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. >> i don't consider eric cantor or john boehner part of the tea party there. but the thing about it is you are basically taking an old line of conservative republicans and putting a new label on them. in the tea party movement -- they voted for obama in 2008, these democrats did, or for john kerry or al gore in 2000. there are not many. will president iranian people stand up to this element? could president obama cinnabon entitlement changes? looking at two sides of the same point. they are both problematic. >> the voters get this. they get the joke. they needed him to be the severe mitt romney. that is why these ads look at the most over-the-top negative ads, which have come from barack obama and not mitt romney. most of the sit in the washington dc meeting. and he say, basically, i will not have a contraceptive and i will be cancer and die because of mitt romney. that is essentially what they are saying because he's going to cut off planned parenthood. i think you saw him at this debate the other day for both reasons. one, it is not territorial and he didn't
. >> i don't consider eric cantor or john boehner part of the tea party there. but the thing about it is you are basically taking an old line of conservative republicans and putting a new label on them. in the tea party movement -- they voted for obama in 2008, these democrats did, or for john kerry or al gore in 2000. there are not many. will president iranian people stand up to this element? could president obama cinnabon entitlement changes? looking at two sides of the same point. they...